Life and Work of Teachers

Christopher Day, Alicia Fernandez, Trond E. Hauge, Jorunn Muller

• Part 1: Teacher Professionalism and Conditions of Change 1. Professional Knowledge and the Teacher's Life and Work Ivor Goodson, UK 2. The Politics of the Secret Garden Gary McCulloch, UK 3. Curriculum Reform and Education Change Paul Morris, K.K. Chan and Lo Mun Ling, Hong Kong 4. Educational Researchers: Living with a Lesser Form of Knowledge Dave Larbee, USA 5. Rethinking the Practice of Teacher Professionalism Judyth Sachs, Australia Part 2: The LIves and Work of Teachers 6. Multiple Truths and Contested Realities: The Changing Faces of Teacher Professionalism in England Gill Helsby, UK 7. Stories of Change and Professional Development: The Costs of Commitment Christopher Day, UK 8. A New Work Order in Australian Schools? Investigations from Down Under Shirley Grundy and Stuart Bonser, Australia 9. Working Time Blues: How Norwegian Teachers Experience Restrucration in Education Kirsti Klette, Norway 10. Student Teachers' Struggle in Becoming Professionals: Hopes and Dilemmas in Teacher Education Trond Hauge, Norway

'... reassuring conclusion, based on a wide range of international comparisons, is that teachers are collectively learning to subvert the cruder manifestations of production-line control.' - The Times Educational Supplement